In Confessions of Guilt, esteemed scholars George C. Thomas III and Richard A. Leo tell the story of how, over the centuries, the law of interrogation has moved from indifference about extreme force to concern over the slightest pressure, and back again. The history of interrogation in the Anglo-American world, they reveal, has been a swinging pendulum rather than a gradual continuum of violence.

Exploring a realist explanation of this pattern, Thomas and Leo demonstrate that the law of interrogation and the process of its enforcement are both inherently unstable and highly dependent on the perceived levels of threat felt by a society. Laws react to fear, they argue, and none more so than those that govern the treatment of suspected criminals.

At Liberty to Die charts how the right of a competent, terminally ill person to die on his or her own terms with the help of a doctor has come deeply embroiled in debates about the relationship between religion, civil liberties, politics, and law in American life. Exploring both the legal rulings and the media frenzies that accompanied the Terry Sciavo case and others like it, Howard Ball contends that despite raging battles in all the states where right to die legislation has been proposed, the opposition to the right to die is intractable in its stance. Combining constitutional analysis, legal history, and current events, Ball surveys the constitutional arguments that have driven the right to die debate.

Consumer protection provisions in climate legislation: hearing before the Subcommittee on Energy and Environment of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, House of Representatives, One Hundred Eleventh Congress, first session, March 12, 2009.

KF27.E5525 2009a

Universal service: reforming the high-cost fund: hearing before the Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, and the Internet of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, House of Representatives, One Hundred Eleventh Congress, first session, March 12, 2009.

KF27.E5523 2009

How do we fix our ailing food safety system?: hearing before the Subcommittee on Health of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, House of Representatives, One Hundred Eleventh Congress, first session, March 11, 2009.

KF27.E553 2009a

Identity theft and tax fraud: growing problems for the Internal Revenue Service: hearing before the Subcommittee on Government Organization, Efficiency, and Financial Management of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, House of Representatives, One Hundred Twelfth Congress, first session, November 4, 2011.

KF27.O9433 2011e

Enhanced consumer financial protection after the financial crisis: hearing before the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, United States Senate, One Hundred Twelfth Congress, first session, July 19, 2011.

KF26.B39 2011m

Oversight of Dodd-Frank implementation: monitoring systemic risk and promoting financial stability: hearing before the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, United States Senate, One Hundred Twelfth Congress, first session ... May 12, 2011.

KF26.B39 2011n

Blue Ribbon Commission report: hearing before the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, United States Senate, One Hundred Twelfth Congress, second session, to receive testimony on the final report of the Blue Ribbon Commission on America's Nuclear Future, February 2, 2012.

KF26.E55 2012

Examining the case for the California waiver: an update from EPA: hearing before the Committee on Environment and Public Works, United States Senate, One Hundred Tenth Congress, first session, July 26, 2007.

KF26.E6 2007s

Reauthorization of the National Flood Insurance Program: hearing before the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, United States Senate, One Hundred Twelfth Congress, first session, on examining the reauthorization of the National Flood Insurance Program, June 9 and June 23, 2011.

KF26.B39 2011o

ESEA reauthorization: meeting the needs of special populations: hearing of the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, United States Senate, One Hundred Eleventh Congress, second session ... April 29, 2010.

KF26.L27 2010d

Afghanistan: right sizing the development footprint: hearing before the Subcommittee on International Development and Foreign Assistance, Economic Affairs, and International Environmental Protection of the Committee on Foreign Relations, United States Senate, One Hundred Twelfth Congress, first session, September 8, 2011.

KF26.F646 2011

Derivatives clearinghouses: opportunities and challenges: hearing before the Subcommittee on Securities, Insurance, and Investment of the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, United States Senate, One Hundred Twelfth Congress, first session ... May 25, 2011.

KF26.B3956 2011b

ESEA reauthorization: meeting the needs of the whole student: hearing of the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, United States Senate, One Hundred Eleventh Congress, second session, on examining Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) reauthorization, focusing on meeting the needs of the whole student, April 22, 2010.

KF26.L27 2010g

Promoting global Internet freedom: hearing before the Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, and Human Rights of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, House of Representatives, One Hundred Twelfth Congress, first session, December 8, 2011.

KF27.F629 2011s

Southern Kordofan: ethnic cleansing and humanitarian crisis in Sudan: hearing before the Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, and Human Rights of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, House of Representatives, One Hundred Twelfth Congress, first session, October 4, 2011.

KF27.F629 2011u

Stimulating the economy through trade: examining the role of export promotion: hearing before the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, and Consumer Protection of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, House of Representatives, One Hundred Eleventh Congress, first session, March 17, 2009.

KF27.E5515 2009b

The semiannual monetary policy report to Congress: hearing before the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, United States Senate, One Hundred Twelfth Congress, first session on the Federal Reserve's semiannual monetary policy report to Congress, July 14, 2011.

KF26.B39 2011b

Nominations of Hon. Mark D. Acton and Robert G. Taub: hearing before the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, United States Senate, One Hundred Twelfth Congress, first session: nominations of Hon. Mark D. Acton and Robert G. Taub to be commissioners, Postal Regulatory Commission, July 28, 2011.

KF26.H63 2011n

Federal Election Commission: reviewing policies, processes, and procedures: hearing before the Subcommittee on Elections of the Committee on House Administration, House of Representatives, One Hundred Twelfth Congress, first session, held in Washington, DC, November 3, 2011.

KF27.H645 2011b

Child deaths due to maltreatment: hearing before the Subcommittee on Human Resources of the Committee on Ways and Means, U.S. House of Representatives, One Hundred Twelfth Congress, first session, July 12, 2011.

KF27.W3464 2011b

2011 Medicare trustee report: hearing before the Subcommittee on Health of the Committee on Ways and Means, U.S. House of Representatives, One Hundred Twelfth Congress, first session, June 22, 2011.

KF27.W344 2011a

MedPAC's annual March report to Congress: hearing before the Subcommittee on Health of the Committee on Ways and Means, U.S. House of Representatives, One Hundred Twelfth Congress, first session, March 15, 2011.